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* "The Massie Family Home Page"*

Updated September 6, 2000


This page is dedicated to the research of the Massie family from Greasy Ridge, Mason Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. My Grandfather; Fred Levi Massie, was born on Greasy Ridge March 2, 1883, a son of Elza Massie and Eliza Jane Spears. He married my grandmother; Effie Nancy Brumfield, on December 19, 1917. Elza Massie was born March 9, 1861. He married my great grandmother; Eliza Jane Spears, on March 19, 1881. Eliza Jane died in1900. Elza then married Arminta Isabel Watts Roach on January 2, 1903. Elza died February 15, 1935. He and Eliza Jane are buried in the Mt Pleasant Old Baptist Church Cemetery on Greasy Ridge. Elza's Certificate of Death indicates that he is a son of Jepthah (Jeptha) and Mary Massie. In 1865; following the death of Jeptha, Mary filed a "Widow's Claim for Pension" and named Elza as one of her and Jeptha's children. There was a Jeptha Massie born in Virgina in 1821; a son of Jeptha Massie, Jr and Anna Meadows, who married Mary Massie November 18, 1841 by J. Massie, Justice of the Peace. Nothing is known of Mary. Perhaps she was a cousin of Jeptha's.
This research was begun by my uncle Robert Dean Massie (1931-1994). After his passing, the work was continued by my father William Leroy Massie. Contributions have also been made by Beverly Gunther, Dianna Kemp Ewald, Virginia VanHoose, Jeaninne Southers, Joanna McDonnell, Linda Kinder and I have also thrown in my two cents worth. An annual Family Reunion is held. The 1998 reunion will be held on Sunday, July 12 in Pickaway County, OH. A newsletter; The Greasy Ridge Gazzette, is also mailed out periodically. To be added to the mailing list, write to me at the above address or simply email me at: willymas@aol.com

Other Massie web sites:
Joanna McDonnell's page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5225/
Marcia Gardner's page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/4290


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William L. Massie
27 Elm Avenue
1st Floor
Linwood, NJ 08221-1839
United States
609-601-9509
WmMassieJr@msn.com

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